Segments From This Episode

• The sluggish labor market is increasing productivity. That could pave the way to a hotter labor market.

  by Justin Ho

  

  More productive workers are more profitable. So why not hire more of them?

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• Without government data, companies lean on private alternatives for financial outlooks

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Due to the government shutdown, some pieces of the calculation puzzle for corporate earnings and outlook reports are missing.

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• New era begins for Fed's balance sheet

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The Fed has been shrinking its pile of securities and Treasurys, but it still needs them to keep the economy’s plumbing in order.

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• Under the hood: The engine driving used car prices

  by Kai Ryssdal and Nicholas Guiang

  

  COVID-19 changed the used car market as supply chain constraints and rising demand pushed prices higher. In 2025, those ripple effects are still being felt.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Soaring prices has amateurs looking to strike gold. Literally.

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

  

  In this modern-day gold rush, some amateur prospectors are going out in hopes of striking the motherload. Others are turning to social media to become gold digging influencers.

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• A new home led to a new business for this couple

  by Andie Corban

  

  When Riley Brown and Kassidy Curtis-Lugo moved to an island in Lake Superior, they built a sauna to stary warm through the winters. Now they rent and build custom saunas.

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